Policy & Advocacy
Policy Updates & Supported Legislation
Recent Supported Legislation
Recent Letters, Statements, and Policy Updates
2023
March 28, 2023
Urgent: Contact Your Senators Now & Ask Them to Support the NHSC
March 23, 2023
Urgent Call To Action: Contact Your Representative Today and Ask Them to Support the NHSC
March 23, 2023
ACU Commends Bipartisan Initiative to Fund the National Health Service Corps
March 14, 2023
The President’s FY24 Budget and the Healthcare Workforce
March 10, 2023
National Health Service Corps Funding Ends in 204 Days!
March 2, 2023
Investing in CHCs Saves Lives and Money: ACU Executive Director Testifies at Senate Hearing
February 9, 2023
A Looming End to the Public Health Emergency and the Beginning of Medicaid Unwinding
January 31, 2023
ACU Statement on the Murder of Tyre Nichols
January 25, 2023
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended to April 11, 2023
2022
December 21, 2022
The FY23 Omnibus Bill: What’s Included, What’s Not, and What It May Mean for Healthcare
November 29, 2022
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Likely to Extend Beyond January 2023
November 15, 2022
Political Outlook Post Mid-term Elections—And What Does This Mean for Health Care in the U.S.?
October 1, 2022
What the Continuing Resolution Means for the NHSC & CHCs—And What We Can Do
September 1, 2022
Will Congress Prevent a Government Shutdown?
2021
September 23, 2021
Advocacy Update: ACU Helps Lead the Charge to Improve Health Equity Through Expanded Voter Access
May 20, 2021
ACU Board Member Shelley Spires Testifies at Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Subcommittee Hearing
April 19, 2021
Stakeholder Letter in Support of Expanding National Health Service Corps Eligibility to Include Optometry
March 12, 2021
Stakeholder Letter in Support of the Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act
March 10, 2021
Historic Funding Increase for the National Health Service Corps: $800 Million Included in COVID-19 Stimulus Package
January 29, 2021
Stakeholder Letter in Support of the Strengthening America’s Health Care Readiness Act
January 29, 2021
Statement on Sen. Durbin and Sen. Rubio’s Strengthening America’s Health Care Readiness Act
January 21, 2021
Statement on the Nomination of Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary
2020
December 22, 2020
Policy & Advocacy Update: Success: More than $1B in Extended Funding for the NHSC!
October 15, 2020
Policy & Advocacy Update: Protecting the NHSC & Empowering Our Communities in an Age of Uncertainty
September 18, 2020
ACU HPSA RFI Comments & Recommendations
2019
July 17, 2019
House E&C Committee Votes Through 4 Year Level-Funding Bill for NHSC
June 26, 2019
Senate Health Committee Votes Through Bill to Level-Fund NHSC for 5 Years
March 28, 2019
Butterfield Circulates NHSC Letter to House Appropriations Committee
March 28, 2019
Sanders and Clyburn Introduce Bill to Strengthen NHSC Funding
January 29, 2019
ACU Member Testifies Before Senate HELP Committee
January 10, 2019
Blunt & Stabenow Introduce CHIME bill in Senate
2017
November 13, 2017
Safety Net Groups Send Letter to Congress on Extender Package
November 3, 2017
ACU Statement on House Vote to Extend Funding for the NHSC
September 29, 2017
ACU Supports Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Funding for the NHSC
September 11, 2017
ACU Board Member To Testify Before Congress
July 27, 2017
NHSC Support Letter Circulates in House
